Caring for the carers continued

Consider this post a brief extension to a previous one talking about how greater efforts need to be put into supporting those raising and ca...

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The ADOS-2, autism and "complex psychiatric conditions"

The findings reported by Brenna Maddox and colleagues [1] caught my eye recently and the specific finding that: " The ADOS-2 accuratel...

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Could an "ill-state" associated with anorexia nervosa mimic the symptoms of autism?

The question posed in the title of this post 'Could an "ill-state" associated with anorexia nervosa mimic the symptoms of aut...

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Hornig, Lipkin and chronic fatigue syndrome again

Drs Mady Hornig and Ian Lipkin once again provide some fodder for this blog,  continuing one of their important research themes on how chro...

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Sex and age might affect comorbidity profiles in autism

The paper by Supekar and colleagues [1] provides some food for thought today specifically with the idea that comorbidity profiles accompany...

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Milk and Cookie Disease (Video)

A TEDx talk by Dr. Julie Wei on " Milk and Cookie Disease " which causes symptoms of chronic stuffy nose, nasal congestion, chro...

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Going long: examining psychiatric comorbidity in PDD-NOS

" Psychiatric comorbidities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are rather a rule than an exception. " That was the op...

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First there was CFS/ME, then SEID, now... NIOF

A quick-ish post for you today, to bring the paper by Michael Maes [1] to your attention and illustrate how when it comes to research at le...

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Autism symptoms in children with ADHD

" Children with ADHD  [ attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ]  had more ASD [autism spectrum disorder] symptoms than non-ADHD con...

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The ketogenic diet and autism: where are we up to?

Today I'm bringing the paper by Kamila Castro and colleagues [1] to the blogging table and their systematic review of the available pee...

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Autism manifests across a range of genetic and metabolic syndromes

" Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) phenomenology is reported to be more common in individuals with some genetic syndromes than in the gen...

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Gender differences in chronic fatigue syndrome

The title of this post matches the title of the paper published by Monica Faro and colleagues [1] ( open-access here ) and some potentially...

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